Richard Petty Motorsports

The company, created in 2008 from two of NASCAR’s most successful teams – Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings – is one of the sport’s most engineering-centric organizations.
Richard Petty Motorsports, owned by George Gillett and Richard Petty, has four Sprint Cup teams, with drivers Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Reed Sorenson and AJ Allmendinger and world-class sponsors that include Budweiser, Stanley Tools, Best Buy, Allstate, McDonald’s and the US Air Force.

The Challenge

To achieve excellence through engineering, NASCAR team Richard Petty Motorsports needed a full suite of powerful 3D tools for virtual design, engineering and manufacturing. Read more.

Dassault Systèmes Response

The team chose CATIA, ENOVIA SmarTeam and DELMIA for their engineering power, fl exibility and collaborative capabilities.

Benefits

Richard Petty Motorsports can quickly respond to NASCAR rule changes, exploit simulation and analysis to maximize performance, program production robots and cut cycle times by as much as 50%.